# 鏗

| 鏗 | U+93D7, &#37847; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93D7 |
| ← 鏖 [U+93D6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鏘 → [U+93D8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鏗 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 金尸水土 (CSEG), four-corner 8711$_4$, composition ⿰釒堅)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1319, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40801
* Dae Jaweon: page 1819, character 31
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4247, character 6
* Unihan data for U+93D7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 臤 | *kʰaːn, *kʰriːn, *ɡiːn, *kʰins |
| 掔 | *kʰriːn, *kʰiːn |
| 慳 | *kʰriːn |
| 藖 | *ɡriːn, *ɡriːns |
| 堅 | *kiːn |
| 鋻 | *kiːn, *kiːns |
| 鰹 | *kiːn |
| 蜸 | *kʰiːnʔ |
| 菣 | *kʰiːns, *kʰins |
| 賢 | *ɡiːn |
| 礥 | *ɡiːn, *ɢrin |
| 臔 | *ɡiːnʔ |
| 挋 | *kiŋs |
| 臣 | *ɡiŋ |
| 茞 | *ɡiŋ |
| 腎 | *ɡjinʔ |
| 頣 | *hŋiŋʔ |
| 緊 | *kinʔ |
| 嚚 | *ŋɡriŋ |
| 鏗 | *kʰreːŋ |
| 摼 | *kʰreːŋ |
| 硻 | *kʰreːŋ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kēng (keng$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hang$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hang$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kiăng / kĕng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kheng / khin / khian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): keng$^1$ / giêng$^1$ / giang$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kēng
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: keng
*** Wade–Giles: kʻêng$^1$
*** Yale: kēng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keng
*** Palladius: кэн (kɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hang$^1$
*** Yale: hāng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hang$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /haŋ⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kiăng / kĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiaŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰɛiŋ⁵⁵/
* kiăng - vernacular;
* kĕng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kheang
Rime :
| Character | 鏗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 耕 (117) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 口莖切 |
| Baxter | kheang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰˠɛŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰᵚæŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰɐŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰəɨjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰɛŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰæŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰæŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kēng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hang$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰreːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鏗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1351 |
| Phonetic component | 臣 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鏗 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰreːŋ/ |

### Definitions

鏗
* (literary) to strike; to hit
    From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
    Kēng zhōng yáo jù, xiē zǐ sè xiē. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* jingling

### Compounds

* 鏗然 / 铿然 (kēngrán)
* 鏗鏘 / 铿锵 (kēngqiāng)
* 鏗鏗 / 铿铿 (kēngkēng)
* 鏗鏘有力 / 铿锵有力 (kēngqiāngyǒulì)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* onomatopoeia of something hard hits
* to strike, to beat

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: うつ (utsu, 鏗つ)、つく (tsuku, 鏗く)

#### Compounds

* 鏗(こう)鏗(こう) (kōkō)
* 鏗(こう)爾(じ) (kōji)
* 鏗(こう)然(ぜん) (kōzen)
* 鏗(こう)鏘(そう) (kōsō)
* 鏘(そう)鏗(こう) (sōkō)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 鏗 (MC kheang).

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kɛŋ] ~ [ke̞ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [갱/겡]

### Hanja

Wikisource 鏗 (eumhun 금옥(金玉) 소리 갱 (geumok sori gaeng))
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### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 鏗

## Vietnamese
### Han character

鏗: Hán Nôm readings: keng, khanh
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